- 1. What is the Arabic word for God used in Islam?
A) Allah
B) Jesus
C) Buddha
D) Krishna
- 2. What is the holy book of Islam?
A) Gita
B) Bible
C) Torah
D) Quran
- 3. Who is considered the final prophet in Islam?
A) Buddha
B) Muhammad
C) Jesus
D) Moses
- 4. Which of the following is a pillar of Islam relating to belief in Allah?
A) Ramadan
B) Shahada
C) Hajj
D) Zakat
- 5. What is the name of the religious tax that is obligatory for Muslims to pay?
A) Zakat
B) Sadaqah
C) Khums
D) Fitra
- 6. What is the title given to a person who leads the prayer in a mosque?
A) Rabbi
B) Priest
C) Monk
D) Imam
- 7. In Islam, what is the term for the struggle for the sake of Allah?
A) Tawheed
B) Jihad
C) Fitnah
D) Iman
- 8. What is the name of the angel who revealed Allah's message to Muhammad?
A) Uriel
B) Raphael
C) Gabriel
D) Michael
- 9. What is the name for the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once in their lifetime?
A) Ziyarat
B) Umrah
C) Hajj
D) Journey
- 10. What is the term for the recitation or chanting of the Quran in a melodic and melodious manner?
A) Tawaf
B) Tajweed
C) Takbir
D) Tashahhud
- 11. What is the Islamic practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan called?
A) Feast
B) Sawm
C) Iftar
D) Suhoor
- 12. Which language is the term 'Allah' primarily associated with?
A) Aramaic
B) Arabic
C) Ugaritic
D) Hebrew
- 13. What is the etymological origin of the word 'Allah'?
A) Derived from 'Ilu'
B) An original Arabic creation
C) A loanword from Syriac
D) A contraction of 'al-' and 'ilāh'
- 14. In pre-Islamic Arabia, how was Allah perceived?
A) As a minor deity
B) As a non-existent concept
C) As a supreme deity worshipped alongside lesser deities
D) As the sole deity
- 15. Which of these groups also use the term 'Allah'?
A) Bábists
B) Hindus
C) Buddhists
D) Zoroastrians
- 16. What is the meaning of 'ilāh' in Arabic?
A) Spirit
B) Deity, god
C) Creator
D) Holy
- 17. What solution did the Malaysian government introduce to avoid confusion regarding the use of 'Allah'?
A) 5-point solution
B) 15-point solution
C) 20-point solution
D) 10-point solution
- 18. In which year was the Gospel of Matthew translated by Ruyl printed in the Netherlands?
A) 1638
B) 1629
C) 1612
D) 1650
- 19. What is the simplified style of writing Allāh often preferred for?
A) Calligraphy.
B) Compatibility with older character sets.
C) Clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages.
D) Use in the Koran.
- 20. What is the principle that condemns statements implying God is comparable to known things?
A) Shirk
B) Bila Kayf
C) Tawhid
D) Mutashabih
- 21. Which Unicode block contains the flags that include the word Allāh?
A) Arabic Presentation Forms-A.
B) Regional indicator symbols.
C) Basic Latin.
D) Miscellaneous Symbols.
- 22. How is the word Allāh typically written in Arabic typography?
A) With a small diacritic alif above the shaddah.
B) With a small diacritic alif under the shaddah.
C) With an alif to spell the ā vowel.
D) Without an alif to spell the ā vowel.
- 23. In which century did the first dictionary of Dutch-Malay record 'Allah' as the translation of the Dutch word 'Godt'?
A) 19th century
B) 17th century
C) 16th century
D) 18th century
- 24. Which of these is a Semitic cognate of 'Allah'?
A) ʾIlu
B) ʾilum
C) ʼElāhā
D) ʾl
- 25. What is the Unicode code point for the calligraphic variant of Allāh used as the emblem of Iran?
A) U+FDF2.
B) U+06D5.
C) U+262B (☫).
D) U+06D9.
- 26. In which year was the ban on the use of 'Allah' overturned?
A) 2019
B) 2018
C) 2021
D) 2020
- 27. What does the term 'Arsh' refer to in Islamic theology?
A) God's chair
B) God's throne
C) God's footstool
D) God's pulpit
- 28. In what year did the Malaysian government confiscate more than 300 bibles for using 'Allah'?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2012
D) 2013
- 29. Which court overturned the Malaysian government's ban on the use of 'Allah' in 2009?
A) Malayan High Court
B) Federal Court of Malaysia
C) Shariah Court of Malaysia
D) Supreme Court of Malaysia
- 30. Who was responsible for early translation work that led to the use of 'Allah' to refer to God in the Malay language?
A) Francis Xavier
B) Caspar Wiltens
C) Albert Cornelius Ruyl
D) Justus Heurnius
- 31. What did Jahm bin Safwan claim about the name 'Allah'?
A) It was created by humans
B) It is a name God created for Himself
C) It is derived from other gods' names
D) It is a common Arabic name
- 32. Which school of grammarians regarded 'Allah' as formed 'spontaneously'?
A) Medina school
B) Basra school
C) Kufa school
D) Mecca school
- 33. In pre-Islamic Arabia, who were reported to have undertaken pilgrimages to the Kaaba?
A) Some Arab Christians
B) All Arab Muslims
C) All pagan Arabs
D) All Jewish Arabs
- 34. Which term did Theodore Abu Qurrah translate as Allah in his Bible?
A) Kyrios
B) Elohim
C) Logos
D) Theos
- 35. What are the 99 Names of Allah known as?
A) Al-asmā' al-jāhilī
B) Al-asmā' al-ḥusná
C) Al-asmā' al-mutashabih
D) Al-asmā' al-tanzih
- 36. What was the name of the Roman Catholic newspaper that triggered the contemporary controversy over the use of 'Allah'?
A) The New Straits Times
B) The Malaysian Times
C) The Herald
D) The Star
- 37. Which Semitic language uses the term 'ʼElāh'?
A) Hebrew
B) Phoenician
C) Ugaritic
D) Aramaic
- 38. What is the interpretation supported by some literary evidence regarding pre-Islamic Arab culture?
A) Pre-Islamic Arabs once practiced Abrahamic religions
B) Pre-Islamic Arabs were atheists
C) Pre-Islamic Arabs practiced only polytheism
D) Pre-Islamic Arabs were monotheists
- 39. What is considered one of the greatest sins in Islam?
A) Dhikr
B) Shirk
C) Tawhid
D) Zakat
- 40. What term is used for verses in the Qur'an that offer analogies for God?
A) Shirk
B) Mutashabih
C) Bila Kayf
D) Tanzih
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